Emily Compagno

About Emily Compagno

Emily Rose Compagno is an American attorney, TV host, and former professional cheerleader.

After passing the California bar, Compagno began her career as a criminal defense attorney in San Francisco while also serving as captain of the Oakland Raiders cheerleading squad, the Raiderettes. The NFL selected her as an ambassador and she promoted the NFL brand in Beijing and Shanghai, and was one of five NFL cheerleaders selected by the USO to visit U.S. troops stationed in Iraq and Kuwait.

Compagno was a Senior Judge Judicial Extern for John T. Noonan at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, and went on to work as a federal attorney at the Social Security Administration. She passed the Washington bar and has held legal positions in Cape Town, South Africa, and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

In 2018, Compagno accepted a position at Fox News as a contributor and legal analyst. She served as a semi-regular co-host of the weekday talk show The Five and appears on other FNC programs, such as Gutfeld!, offering opinions or legal analysis on the news of the day. On March 9, 2020, Crimes That Changed America, a show on Fox Nation hosted by Compagno, debuted its first season.

Compagno was named a co-host of Outnumbered in January 2021, where she joined Harris Faulkner and Kayleigh McEnany. In February 2023, Fox News announced that Compagno would host The FOX True Crime Podcast on Fox News Radio.

Compagno is of Bohemian (Czech), English, German, and Italian descent.

As of March 2025, Emily has amassed 529,000 followers on Instagram.